After a yearlong flight of a billion kilometers, a Chinese space probe is set to take samples from an asteroid. The mission ...

China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has reached Kamo'oalewa, a temporary quasi-moon of Earth. The mission faces challenges due to ...

Hayabusa 2's primary mission is now well in the past. JAXA's asteroid-sampling spacecraft rendezvoused with asteroid Ryugu in ...

The probe will conduct a detailed scientific survey of the asteroid and send a sample back to Earth for further analysis.

China's Tianwen-2 probe reaches its asteroid target for the nation's first sample collection, marking a milestone in its ...

It's Kamoʻoalewa! (CNSA) Did you know Earth has a 'minimoon'? It's known as asteroid 2016HO3, or Kamoʻoalewa. A probe sent ...

Japan’s Hayabusa2 craft has just buzzed an asteroid, successfully completing the first objective of its extended mission.

Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] China's Tianwen 2 asteroid sampling spacecraft rendezvoused with its target — a ...

On Sunday, an aging Japanese spacecraft named Hayabusa2, which completed its initial sample-return objective more than half a ...

A Chinese probe is set for a historic touchdown on asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, which may have been blasted away from Earth’s Moon ...

HELSINKI — China is set to launch its second Tianwen deep space exploration mission late May, targeting both a near Earth asteroid and a main belt comet. The Tianwen-2 spacecraft is now being ...